EASY CHEESY BREAKFAST CASSEROLE
This Easy Cheesy Breakfast Casserole is one your family will love. Super easy to make, very similar to a quiche but with less eggs and reheats really well. We love the sausage in this dish, combined with the green chilis and pimentos the flavor is wonderful.
Easy Cheesy Breakfast Casserole Ingredients Needed:
Pork Breakfast Sausage
Green Bell Pepper
Green Chilis
Pimentos
All Purpose Flour
Cottage Cheese
Salt Pepper
Eggs
Butter
Shredded Cheddar Cheese
This dish is simple ingredients and would be the perfect addition to any breakfast or brunch. So many people will say “I don’t like cottage cheese, can I use something else” you can always use ricotta but you can’t taste the cottage cheese. I have never tasted it in any recipe where you actually bake it. The cheese melts, just like any other cheese. We topped this with sour cream and we all loved it.
There are a few changes you could make this dish:
- Use turkey sausage for a lighter dish
- Use smoked sausage or turkey smoked sausage to make it lighter
- Cottage Cheese is a great protein source, so if you are looking for a higher protein breakfast, switch out the sausage for turkey sausage and keep the cottage cheese and you have a much higher protein option.
- If you top it with sour cream switch it out for Greek yogurt.. which is lower calorie and high in protein
- Use whichever shredded cheese your family enjoys
This dish also reheats well, so you could make it on a Sunday and enjoy it a few mornings. We made this in a pie plate and it worked great!
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Easy Cheesy Breakfast Casserole
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound pork sausage
- 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
- 4 ounce can green chilis drained
- 4 ounce can pimentos drained
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 4 tablespoons butter melted
- 4 eggs
- 1 to 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese could use whatever cheese you like
- sour cream for topping, optional
Instructions
- Brown sausage and green pepper in skillet on top of stove. Drain, if needed.
- Stir in green chilis and pimentos.
- In a bowl combine flour, salt, pepper, cottage cheese, melted butter. Stir to combine. Stir in eggs.
- Spray a 10 inch pie pan or a baking dish and pour in the flour and cottage cheese, egg mixture.
- Spread sausage mixture on top and shredded cheese on top of sausage.
- Bake in preheated 375 degree oven for 35 minutes.
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Cna you use Ricotta cheese instead of cottage cheese in this recipe?
I’m sure that would be fine.
This was the best tasting casserole I have tasted in quite sometime. Made it exactly like the recipe stated. Will be making this again.
This is wonderful. It warms over in the microwave beautifully. I love it has cottage cheese. This is a keeper. Making it again today.
Thank you for great recipes. All are keepers.
YAY! So glad you are enjoying the recipes and we love this one too!
This casserole was delicious. I have made it several times and my husband loves it.
YAY! We’re so glad it’s a hit for you!
I made this for my breakfast this morning and LOVED it! I made only a few minor changes: I used 5 eggs, I added dehydrated onion to the egg mix(let them rehydrate in it), doubled the salt and pepper, and mixed it all together instead of layering it. I did need to bake it about 5-10 minutes longer than the 35 minutes. A very delicious blend of flavors and super creamy texture. I’ll be making this quite often. Thank you!
Just made it and it was good. Didn’t have sausage so used ground beef. Added onions instead of green peppers. Added fresh garlic. As a side, used dollop of plain Greek yogurt and salsa.
This is one of the best breakfast casseroles I’ve ever made. It’s a hit with everyone. You definitely can not tell there’s cottage cheese in the makings but what a what a healthy addition.
YAY!! So glad it was a hit!
This hits all the right notes. Easy and very good. Awesome for brunch or for a light dinner with a green salad. I like that it is bread and potato free.
In the text above the recipe, it says you can substitute Greek Yogurt for sour cream. I don’t see sour cream in the ingredients list. What am I missing? Recipe looks yummy and I can’t wait to try it. Thanks.
It’s topped with sour cream and if you want to use greek yogurt you can.
We made it this morning and it turned out really great. We did make a few alterations though, the big one being we used 8 eggs instead of 4. I knew 4 wouldn’t be enough for us and I used 6, but then added 2 more once it was all in the dish. I didn’t have cottage cheese so I used sour cream. Used bacon instead of sausage because that’s what we had. Didn’t have pimento so I used cherry tomatoes halved or quartered. Used the same amount of flour, onion, green pepper, green chile, cheddar cheese, salt & pepper. Had to bake it just 5 minutes longer (40 minutes total), probably because of the extra eggs. Let it sit about 5-10 minutes before cutting and it was perfect, the whole family loved it. Thanks for the recipe!
very quiche like.Yum!!
This sounds like a casserole that would be great for an upcoming brunch. I think it would be a crowd pleaser.
This looks utterly mouthwatering!
This looks great, I have a recipe almost like this and it is good.I will try this one it has a beatuiful color I will let you know how it is.You have some of the best recipes.I sure hope you keep them coming Thank You………….
I’m not a cottage cheese lover. Can you use some sort if substitute?
How about ricotta cheese instead?
You cannot taste the cottage cheese. It just makes the eggs fluffy and soft!